Richard and Maurice McDonald Open First McDonald’s Restaurant May 15, 1940

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. Date: April 7, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Royal Navy Attacks French Fleet in Algeria, July…

World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". Date: August 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This…

Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight. Date: May 24, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Britain Introduces Food Rationing During World War II January 8, 1940George Metesky’s First Bomb at Manhattan…

The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. Date: June 17, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Battle of Britain Climax: Luftwaffe’s Largest Attack, September…

The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League. Date: March 23, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Two Avro Ansons Collide Mid-Air Over…

World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland. Date: May 10, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on…